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AN/ Okay, here is the next update. I got it up on TIME! YES! Please Review!

As always suggestions are welcome!

Dan Scott smirked as he looked at the shocked faces of the two brothers. He had come to Tree Hill to talk with Karen, but looks like he would get a chance to talk with the offspring as well. This should be an interesting night. Dan laughed in spite of himself

"What the heck is he doing here?" Was all Nathan could ask as he broke his gaze away from the figure.

"I don't know and I don't want to find out" Lucas said as he turned around and looked for Meredith. He spotted her sitting on the bleachers with Haley and Jake.

"Let's just get out of here" Nathan said as they started walking towards Haley.

"Guys? You ok?" Jake asked as they approached the bleachers.

"We need to get out of here" Is the only thing that Lucas could say as he walked past them.

"Come on Meredith" Haley said as they tried to catch up to him.

"What's up Man?" Jake asked as he looked towards Nathan

"Don't be obvious about it, but look in the far right hand corner over there" Nathan said

"Who is that?"

"The sperm donor"

"What is he doing here?"

"I don't know, but we need to leave"

"Ok, come on. Everyone else was heading back towards the cars anyway" Jake said as they started walking towards the rest of the group.

"Is everything ok?" Skills asked as Nathan and Jake approached, "Luke just went through here looking like he had seen a ghost"

"He basically has" Nathan replied

"What do you mean?" Theresa asked

"Hey guys, why don't you come stay at the house tonight?" Lucas asked from the back of the group, "I know mom would be glad to have all of her kids together especially after today"

Nathan looked towards his brother and nodded knowing exactly why Lucas was asking them all to come over. Strength in numbers, if Dan tried something there would be more people around to help out.

"Yea, come on guys! Just like old times" Nathan said

"Okay, there is something going on here. I can tell it is not good" Peyton said

"Peyt, we need you" Peyton remembered the first and only time that Nathan had said those exact same words to her, it had been so many years ago, but she remembered it was because Dan had shown up in town and was trying to start trouble. Since their parents were such good friends, Deb had called Peyton's parents, Larry and Anna, to let them know about Dan. Nathan had gotten on the phone with her terrified and said, 'Peyt, we need you'. Everyone including Karen and Lucas had stayed at Haley's for a couple of days together until was Dan taken away.

'Oh god" Haley said as she too remembered that time in their lives.

"We are coming" Peyton said as she looked at Nathan

"What is going on here?" Brooke asked

Not wanting to stay standing around there any longer Lucas answered, "Just go get your stuff and meet us at our house. We will explain everything when you get there"

"Ok, we will be there soon" Mouth answered as he pulled out his car keys to his Gray trailblazer. He unlocked the doors and Brooke, Theresa and Skills jumped in.

As they left, Haley turned to the guys still holding Meredith's hand, "Do you want me to get mom and dad?"

"We are going to go home and talk with mom, but mostly likely yea. We are going to need everyone"

"Okay, we will see you soon" Haley said as she hugged Lucas and Nathan. "Meredith, I will see you in a little while"

"Where are you going?"

"Home to get my stuff. I am staying with you tonight"

"Yea!" Meredith shouted as she jumped up and down

"Bye Ladybug" Jake said as he hugged Meredith

"Bye Missy" Peyton said

"Bye Jake, Bye Peyton. See ya soon?"

"In a little while, we are going to stay at your house too" Jake answered

"Really?" Meredith asked excitedly, "Who else?"

"Everyone is coming, Meredith, everyone" Haley answered

"Cool"

"Come on Shrimp. We need to get home so that we can get ready for all these people. Your job is movies and nothing sappy" Lucas said as he walked with Meredith back towards his rental car and opened the back door.

"I thought you liked the sappy ones" Meredith said as he buckled her into the seat

"We will be there as soon as we can" Jake said to Nathan

"I know. Peyt, Hales, we will call you after we talk to mom"

"Okay, be careful" Peyton said as Nathan walked towards the car, opened the passenger side and slid in.

"Of all nights, why tonight?" Haley asked to no one in particular as the three walked towards Jake's truck.

Dan Scott stood still as four of the group got into gray SUV and took off. He had moved through the woods to his current stop, close to see, but not close enough to hear. He looked at the five remaining and then realized who the two girls were, Larry and John's daughters, the two men that had stood in his way years ago. Two men that he thought would be on his side after all the history that they had, but no, they had taken their sides. They would not get in his way this time. He watched as Lucas walked towards a car with the little girl and Nathan soon followed. The remaining three walked towards a new looking blue Silverado and jumped in, the man driving. After the two cars left, Dan left his hiding spot and headed towards his own vehicle, hidden around the corner, he needed to act soon.

The Scott siblings entered the house to find their mother on the couch watching an old movie, she was crying.

Meredith ran over to the couch and stood beside Karen, "Mommy, why are you crying?"

"OH!" Karen jumped off of the couch. She had not realized that her children were home. "You scared me. When did you get home?"

"A minute ago, why are you crying?" Meredith asked again

"I am crying at this sad movie. Your dad used to joke on me because I would cry at sad movies and movies with happy endings." Karen replied. She hoped that her face would mask what she was really feeling. The movie had not been what she was crying about, but she would not let Meredith know that.

"Oh, ok" Meredith said content with the answer that she had received

"Meredith, why don't you go get into your pajamas? Luke and I want to tell me mom the news"

"Okay"

Nathan turned back to look at his mom once he knew that Meredith was out of ear shot. Karen looked back and forth between her two sons. Their faces grim and upset.

"What's wrong?" Karen whispered in fear of the worst

"He's back again" Lucas answered with anger in his eyes

"Who's back?"

"IT" Nathan said with anger also flashing in his own eyes

"Oh god" Karen said as she sat down on the couch. "IT" was what the boys had referred to Dan after the last time he had shown up in Tree Hill when they were 6 years old. "How do you know?"

"He was at the park. I am not sure how long he was there, but he was there." Nathan answered

"Everyone is coming to stay here tonight. We haven't told anyone that wasn't here last time about what is going on. We just said that you would love to have all of your children together. We figured we will tell them when they are here" Lucas told his mom.

"Ok. Um…Did anyone else see him?"

"Jake" Nathan answered

"Mom, do you want John and Lydia and Larry and Anna here?" Lucas asked, "We told Peyton and Haley that we would call them and let them know"

"Do you really think that is necessary now that you and Nathan are older and Skills and Mouth will be here also?" Karen asked as she looked between her two sons

"Mom, we don't know what he is capable of. I would rather have too many people in this house then not enough and someone get seriously hurt. The decision is yours" Nathan said

Karen was quiet for about five minutes before she looked at Lucas, "Call them. Nathan is right; we don't know what he is capable of"

Lucas walked into the kitchen to use the phone. He dialed Haley's house number and looked out the window; staring back at him was the face of IT.

AN/ You know what to do!